Major Responsibilities:

Core Faculty Member in All Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Course Director

Dr. Tatiana M. Botero received her Dental Degree (DDS, 1987) from CES University in Medellin (Colombia), Specialty training in Endodontics (MS, 1995) at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota (Colombia) and the Advanced Specialty Certificate in Endodontics from University of Michigan (2005).

Dr. Botero was a clinical assistant professor and had her private practice in Colombia (1989-2000) and joined to U of M since 2001.

Presently she is full time Clinical Associate Professor and teaches Endodontics to graduate and undergraduate students. Her practice is limited to Endodontics at DFA clinic and her research interest is in caries-induced dental pulp angiogenesis and regenerative Endodontics.

Description of Research Area(s):

Dr. Botero is involved in studying the angiogenic responses in the dental pulp tissues caused by dental caries. Some topics as Caries-induced angiogenesis of the dental pulp in human teeth. LPS-induced signaling during VEGF expression. Anti-angiogenic therapy on the dental pulp (animal model) and MTA effects on odontoblastic differentiation of apical papilla stem cells are the main focus of her research.